Riley Kate turned 3 months old on the 20th, and she is determined to prove it! Very active, she is always kicking, scooting, grabbing things, talking, and making faces now! She is so much fun! She now weighs 12 lbs 14 oz, and is 24 in long! She has nearly doubled her birth weight, still growing like a weed!
Her favorite new toys are her fingers. She loves to suck on them and sometimes tries to stick her whole fist in her mouth! She also loves her rattle, which she tries to stick in her mouth as well! She just opens up as wide as she can, brings it to her lips, shakes her head back and forth (as if that’s going to help! Ha!) and then closes, just before she opens up to try again!! It is SO funny!
Her neck is getting stronger and stronger; she is now holding her head up own her own, and is able to lift it 90 degrees during tummy time for a few seconds. But, she still has a hard time holding it up on her own for extended periods of time as her weaker neck muscle gets tired. She does what I call the “torticollis tilt,” where her head is slightly tilted to one side and slumped forward, in an effort to put less weight on the weak neck muscle.
Also, the shape of her head is improving greatly! Her plagiocephaly is almost unnoticeable! I would definitely recommend the “Infant Head Bed” pillows I blogged about earlier. They have been great!!
One thing we’ve noticed is that she really enjoys watching TV. She doesn’t really like to turn her head to the side that isn’t flat for very long, but will hold it there for 30 minutes to watch the TV! I’m going to have to start playing the baby Einstein tapes…
Chubby cheeks, blue eyes, and a big smile… that’s our little Riley in a nutshell! :-)
Her favorite new toys are her fingers. She loves to suck on them and sometimes tries to stick her whole fist in her mouth! She also loves her rattle, which she tries to stick in her mouth as well! She just opens up as wide as she can, brings it to her lips, shakes her head back and forth (as if that’s going to help! Ha!) and then closes, just before she opens up to try again!! It is SO funny!
Her neck is getting stronger and stronger; she is now holding her head up own her own, and is able to lift it 90 degrees during tummy time for a few seconds. But, she still has a hard time holding it up on her own for extended periods of time as her weaker neck muscle gets tired. She does what I call the “torticollis tilt,” where her head is slightly tilted to one side and slumped forward, in an effort to put less weight on the weak neck muscle.
Also, the shape of her head is improving greatly! Her plagiocephaly is almost unnoticeable! I would definitely recommend the “Infant Head Bed” pillows I blogged about earlier. They have been great!!
One thing we’ve noticed is that she really enjoys watching TV. She doesn’t really like to turn her head to the side that isn’t flat for very long, but will hold it there for 30 minutes to watch the TV! I’m going to have to start playing the baby Einstein tapes…
Chubby cheeks, blue eyes, and a big smile… that’s our little Riley in a nutshell! :-)
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